Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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VERILIES, adv. Also verilys. Sc. forms of Eng. verily (Ork., ne.Sc. 1973). See -S, suff., (2).Abd. 1902 Weekly Free Press (20 Sept.):
Aw h'ard verilies o' a man gyaun intil th' kirk drunk th'ither Sunday.Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 36:
I verilies believe she wis settin her cep at yon young chiel.Abd. 1940 C. Gavin Hostile Shore vi.:
When she's verilys at the doon-lyin'.
